U.S. Civilian Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment
and Unemployment Rate (Annual Averages)*
(Thousands of Persons 16 Years and Over)
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                Civilian                                    Unemployment                                  
Year         Labor Force        Employed      Unemployed        Rate (%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006 p/          151,428         144,427           7,001             4.6
2005             149,320         141,730           7,591             5.1
2004             147,401         139,252           8,149             5.5
2003             146,510         137,736           8,774             6.0
2002             144,863         136,485           8,378             5.8
2001             143,734         136,933           6,801             4.7
2000             142,583         136,891           5,692             4.0
1999             139,368         133,488           5,880             4.2
1998             137,673         131,463           6,210             4.5
1997             136,297         129,558           6,739             4.9
1996             133,943         126,708           7,236             5.4
1995             132,304         124,900           7,404             5.6
1994             131,056         123,060           7,996             6.1


*    Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
p/   Preliminary.
1/   Data beginning in January 1994 are not directly comparable with
     data for earlier periods because of a major redesign of the 
     household survey questionnaire.

Note:  Caution should be used when comparing the 1996 labor force series 
with other years.  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has indicated 
that revisions to the 1996 state labor force series were larger than can 
be attributed to sampling variability alone.  Comparisons of 1996 data with 
other years may not be statistically meaningful.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Table prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 
University of New Mexico.